1997 AFL Season Round 3: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1997 between Sydney and Melbourne during round three of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Melbourne at the SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Sydney (15.9.99) defeated Melbourne (14.7.91).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Friday 11 April 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 23,598

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 15.9.99 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 6 . 3 11 . 4 13 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Melbourne 2 . 4 7 . 4 13 . 5 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin SYDN by 23 SYDN by 24 SYDN by 1 SYDN by 8 SYDN by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
D. Humphery-Smith
S. McBurney (#29)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Pyman MELB 16 3
Brad Seymour SYDN 7 2
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 5 0 0 0 1
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 0 1
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 4 0 0 0 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 1 30 17 13 3 0 3 0 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 1 1
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 0 0 1
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 1 0 1 2 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 2 1 26 20 6 5 0 3 2 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 7 1 1 0 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 4 2 0 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 5 0 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 10 0 3 5
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 0 1
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 2
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 4 1 1
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 3 0 0 0 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 1 2 2 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 2 2 1
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 12 1 2 4
20 Stevens, John ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 1 0 5 0 3
32 Wilson, Ben ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 15 9 310 200 110 60 28 34 16 28

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 0 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 1 0 4 0 0
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 3 0 2 1 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 0 0 0 2 0
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2 0
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 0 1 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 1 1 0
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 2 0 31 14 17 2 0 1 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 2 3 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 2
9 Neitz, David ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 6 0 1 2 2
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 1 2 0 2
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 1 2 6 3 3 2 0 1 1 2
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 1 20 9 11 4 1 2 0 1
28 Pesch, Nick ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 1
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 4 0 0 1 1
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 5 19 1 8 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 0 25 7 18 2 0 3 0 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 0 6 2
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 14 7 305 173 132 53 21 24 28 16

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s